Lu Lingqi in Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires

Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires ChinaJoy Demo Showed Siege Battles

Sony and Koei Tecmo published a physical demo build of Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires at ChinaJoy 2021. The demo let visitors try out various types of battles that will be available in the game. Other than Siege battles on both offensive and defensive sides, it also featured smaller skirmishes that will appear as subquests in the full game.

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This demo confirmed that several characters will have their default weapons changed based on DLC from the original Dynasty Warriors 9. Some of the examples are Lu Lingqi with the Crossed Pike and Sun Jian with the Inferno Voulge.

4Gamers News has published direct-feed footage of the demo on its YouTube channel. The video featured Cheng Pu in a siege battle between Dong Zhuo and the coalition army. It also confirmed that the player character can respawn after getting incapacitated, as long as the allied army still has enough troops remaining.

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Battles will constitute a part of the overall gameplay system in Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires. The full game will also have a domestic management system, a custom character creator, and an optional Open Field mode where the player can interact with other characters and visit China’s landmarks.

Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires will be available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in 2021.


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Kite is a Japanese translator and avid gamer from Indonesia, Southeast Asia who learned the language mostly by playing Japanese games from the PS1 era. He primarily translates news about Japanese games and anime straight from Japan. After initially starting with a focus on Dynasty Warriors communities from the mid-2000s, he eventually joined Siliconera in 2020. Other than Dynasty Warriors, Kite is also a big fan of Ace Combat and other games featuring mechs, especially Gundam.